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It will work on any car accepting H9s - and in this case it's ~500 more raw lumens of light. You can't beat physics

As a side note, one has to remember when considering bulb upgrades is that at the, end it is (pretty much) only lumens that count. Allt he hypergigawhite 100W=10W, often seen in advertising, POS bulbs is total bovine excrement. If you can't find the output in lumens, don't buy.

As for LEDs - they're still far from matching the output of fully blown halogen headlamp bulb filaments (asides from dedicated LED lamps which often use an array of LEDs). Not to mention that since many LEDs are used on one "bulb", the beam pattern becomes completely coo coo, if you do a direct replacement.

Here's the result! First night I realized that the metal tab on the H9 needed to be shaved off (which I didn't realize until today). Easy 30 second tweak and took the photos. I did meter the lighting to the stock H11, ISO800 0.3" f5.6 custom white balance to somewhat match the actual light output color and took the second shot with the H9. No post processing adjustments so it's fairly accurate.

Here's the result! First night I realized that the metal tab on the H9 needed to be shaved off (which I didn't realize until today). Easy 30 second tweak and took the photos. I did meter the lighting to the stock H11, ISO800 0.3" f5.6 custom white balance to somewhat match the actual light output color and took the second shot with the H9. No post processing adjustments so it's fairly accurate.

Right away I noticed a difference in the driveway I was happy

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Great pic but too bad you left fog lights on in H11 pic pic and turned them off in the H9 pic. That's the only thing that messes up the pic.

If not for that it would be the best pic I have seen of the comparison between the tow different bulbs and it is exactly what I see in my experience. At a quick glance other people might argue that the H9 isn't that much better because the fog lights skew the results.

I've been running H9 only for years now. Great conversion. I even bought an adapter so the next time one burns out, I do not have to file anything down. I filed down the part in the adapter instead.

The fogs on are a bit confusing at first but if you ignore the foreground you can still clearly see the difference where the low beam actually is, quite a bit further than where the fogs are. You could probably trim the two pics to remove the foreground, only keep the upper part of each pic and it would be even clearer.

Actually H11 was taken the night before until I realized why the H9 didn't fit properly but did record the setting for the H9 shot.

I can try to do an overhead shot from middle of the car next time.

There's an old empty lot not far from me so I'll probably shoot there. That should give people better idea on the spread as well.

That'll be cool.

That location you shot in already is really good though. You can compare a lot of the things off to the side like the pole, and grass, the concrete curb thing sticking up, even the tar stips on the road.

Good question; it was in there since I bought the car. Some say it's 500 and up to 700 lumens brighter with the H9. It's VERY noticeable though either way. Haven't been flashed by any oncoming cars. YET

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That'll be cool.

That location you shot in already is really good though. You can compare a lot of the things off to the side like the pole, and grass, the concrete curb thing sticking up, even the tar stips on the road.

Would be hard to beat that. It is "real world" use too.

That's very true; in fact I know few roads I can do this without a lot of obstruction but with street signs and intersection. Will check that area out next.

Does anyone know if the added 10w over stock (55w vs H9's 65w) will cause issues over time with the LIN Battery Sensor in the new 15' model year subarus? It's the reason why I ripped out my HIDs today.